Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday rescued a 16-month-old boy who was abducted by two teenagers on Monday.
The arrested teenagers, Md Ramjan Ali, 16 and Md Shawpon, 14, said they had abducted the boy to demand salary from his father, who was also the owner of a factory they worked in.
Ramjan and Shawpon, both hailing from Kishoreganj, were employees of a wallet-making factory owned by Mohammad Shamim in Narsingdi.
Rab-2 Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel SM Masud Rana at a press briefing said Shamim did not pay Ramjan his due salary.
“As Eid is closer and Shamim still was not willing to pay, Ramjan planned with his friend Shawpon to abduct the boy and demand ransom,” he added.
On June 14, around 12pm Shamim reported to Rab-2 that miscreants abducted his son Jubayer and demanded Tk2 lakh from him.
Yesterday morning, Rab-2 members impersonating as relatives of Shamim arrested the two teenagers from Jatrabari area in the capital.
The mobile phone, which was used to demand the money was also seized from them.
“The two would be sent to juvenile court,” said the CO.
